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dc.contributor.authorProf. NG Yat-nam, Petrusen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan, Kai-Fongen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-29T03:25:06Z-
dc.date.available2024-11-29T03:25:06Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Gerontological Social Work, 2008, vol. 51(3-4), pp. 366-378.en_US
dc.identifier.issn01634372-
dc.identifier.issn15404048-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10655-
dc.description.abstractThis article reports an exploratory study on the effects of an integrated group program for improving the sleep quality of elderly people in Hong Kong. Elderly people aged over 55 who had obtained a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score >5 were recruited as subjects of the study. While 19 subjects of the treatment group were taking part in an integrated group program involving social group work intervention as well as Chinese medicine therapeutics, 9 subjects of comparison group received no intervention. Using a pretest and posttest design, the study revealed positive effects of the integrated group program. It has added knowledge serving the development of interventions that can help to improve the sleep quality of elderly people.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Gerontological Social Worken_US
dc.titleIntegrated group program for improving sleep quality of elderly peopleen_US
dc.typePeer Reviewed Journal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01634370802039726-
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crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Social Work-
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